See Also: sputum for acid-fast organisms(medicine)
acid-fast(medicine)
acid-fast stain(medicine)
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pleuropneumonia-like organisms(medicine)
indicator organisms(medicine)
specific pathogen-free organisms(medicine)
sputum(dictionary)
sputum(dictionary)

sputum for acid-fast organisms (medicine)


sputum for acid-fast organisms


A special microscopic slide that is prepared to detect the presence of acid-fast bacilli. The diagnosis of tuberculosis can be made using this test. If the sputum specimen shows the acid fast organism a sputum culture (for Mycobacterium) is then performed.